After the world collapsed

Chapter 13 Preaching

Zhang Sheng returned to the hall of Pojun Mansion, and saw the old Taoist still sitting cross-legged next to the teleportation circle on the south side of the hall.

It was less than two hours before and after he left, whether it was long or short, he was still very worried that the old man would be embarrassed by that scarecrow.

The old Taoist seemed to have sensed Zhang Sheng's movement, so he finished sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes and looked at Zhang Sheng, and immediately saw the changes in him.

"That's right, you've stepped into the Qi Refining Realm. It seems that this place is indeed destined for you." The old Taoist said with a little relief.

At this moment, Zhang Sheng suddenly felt that he had a lot to ask, but he didn't know where to start.

"Master, let's go back and talk, the senior sister is still waiting outside."

The old Taoist smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to get out, and you won't be able to get out in a short time either."

Zhang Sheng was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and turned his head to look at the scarecrow standing in the center of the hall.

Obviously, the old Taoist and the scarecrow had conversations during his visit to the preaching ground.

"The senior sister..."

"Don't worry, didn't she say that she would go back by herself after three days of seeing each other? That girl is not stubborn, it's okay, and she also has her own way to go..." The old Taoist said this ambiguously, and then pointed to the teleporter next to him. The magic circle continued, "Go this way."

The old Daozhi's teleportation circle was not the one they used when they came, but another one next to it.

Zhang Sheng followed the old Taoist one after the other into it.

Suddenly, the two of them were already in a quiet mountain forest.This is not the Secret Valley, but it is somewhat similar. .

Except for a stone path in the middle, there are dense bamboo forests on both sides, and insects and birds are singing endlessly. In the bamboo forest, there seems to be something moving but it is not clear.

The two walked all the way along the short path, and the vision in front of them gradually became wider. Several rows of attics that looked like white core materials stood impressively, and there were several fields around. The creek, the water flow from top to bottom is not turbulent.

"here is?"

Zhang Sheng asked in surprise, obviously these were asked by the old Taoist from the scarecrow, and it should be a place for them to live temporarily.

"Maybe I will live here for a while in the future, let's go, let's go around."

The old Taoist took Zhang Sheng to familiarize himself with the surrounding terrain, and also told him what he had learned in the hall just now.

It turned out that the old Taoist was not allowed to stay in the mortal world as an immortal. One of the functions of the Pojun Mansion in ancient times was to monitor whether there were immortals making trouble in the mortal world.

But that is all from the ancient times. The ancient times are thousands and tens of thousands of years away from now. Zhang Sheng is not very clear, but such a long history is probably only remembered by puppets like scarecrows, and immortals may not remember it. live.

Moreover, the Pojun Mansion has long since existed in name only, and the owner of the mansion, Lord Yao Guangxing, has long since disappeared. There should still be power in the Pojun Mansion, but it is estimated that it may have been annihilated or replaced as early as ancient times.

The scarecrow, a puppet that may have existed for tens of thousands of years, has not changed the orders he has accepted, so he is subconsciously still fulfilling the duties of supervision.

However, before he forced to use the teleportation circle to send the old man back to the fairy world, but there was no response. The scarecrow told the old man that there might be a problem with the teleportation circle on the other side.

The old Taoist knows for sure that the thought formation is broken. It's strange that your teleportation formation in ancient times is placed in the fairy world, so it's still intact.

But even so, the Scarecrow was still unwilling to go against the original supervision order and let him go back to the mortal world. He had neither the right nor any will to destroy the old Taoist, so the Scarecrow didn't know what to do when he encountered this situation for the first time.

We can only let him live in the Pojun Mansion first, and if he can't be sent away, he can't be let go. The scarecrow as a puppet is also a bit big-headed.

As for why Zhang Sheng couldn't go out, it was because the energy of the teleportation circle connected to the outside world in the Pojun Mansion was exhausted, and it would take about three years to accumulate spiritual energy by itself to open it again. time.

Therefore, within two years, they will not be able to leave the Pojun Mansion.

No one else was seen in this small building in the forest, but it seemed that there were people cleaning all the time. Zhang Sheng guessed that puppets like scarecrows were doing these things.

The garden is full of all kinds of flowers and plants, almost all of which Zhang Sheng has never seen before. Most of them are not even named by the old Taoist now, but the old Taoist saw the few spiritual grasses with some impressions. At this moment, I couldn't help taking a few more glances. If these spirit herbs were placed in the fairy world, they would be extremely precious materials.

There were many stone tables and benches in the yard outside the attic, and the two of them found one at random and sat down.

There was actually a pot of tea and several cups on the stone table. Zhang Sheng thought that the scarecrow had ordered the other puppets to prepare them, so he poured two cups and handed the cup to the Taoist master, and the master and apprentice began to talk.

"Let's talk about you first. What do you gain? Well... this tea is not bad."

The old man became addicted after taking a sip of the tea, and continued sip after sip.

"Master, I met an expert named Ding Jun in the preaching field. He was also a puppet, but he not only taught me the Yaoguang Xinghai Jue, but also gave me the Xinghai map."

"What is Yaoguang Xinghai Jue?" The old Taoist asked puzzledly, obviously it was the first time he had heard of this idea.

Zhang Sheng was taken aback when he heard the words, yes, Ding Jun said that he taught him the Yaoguang Xinghai Jue, but it seems that he only popularized some knowledge on cultivation, and did not elaborate.

So he told the old Taoist in detail about the Star Sea Map and the great changes in the Sea of ​​Consciousness.

"Star sea map? I have heard a little bit about it. Some top forces in the fairy world will give star sea maps to outstanding disciples. With this star sea map, the speed of achieving immortality will be greatly accelerated."

The old man had never heard of the Yaoguang Xinghai Jue, but since the things they gave him for the first time they met were not bad, they shouldn't be too expensive.

"How should I put it, the Xinghai map directly contains my sea of ​​consciousness, with the sea of ​​consciousness as the center, and there are many stars around it. Um... probably like this." Zhang Sheng didn't know how to describe the function of the Xinghai map.

The old Taoist was taken aback for a while, Zhang Sheng didn’t know it, but how could he not know that a mental method is needed to support the development of stars beyond the sea of ​​knowledge, and the different levels of mental methods determine the types and types of stars that can be developed At this time, he also roughly understood the specific use of the Star Sea Chart.

And Zhang Sheng said just now that there are many stars around the sea of ​​consciousness, normally speaking, the stars will not appear around the sea of ​​consciousness one by one, and can only be explored and opened up by relying on the cultivation of the mind.

And each person's innate spiritual root aptitude is different, which will lead to a big difference in the location and distance of the distribution of stars around the sea of ​​consciousness, so the difficulty of opening up varies.

He was even more surprised when he heard Zhang Sheng say that he was about to light up the first star pattern.

Although he doesn't have many memories now, he will never forget the pain he endured when he first opened up his sea of ​​consciousness.

Zhang Tianfeng vaguely remembered that on the first day he cultivated the sea of ​​consciousness, he only lasted for two cups of tea and felt extremely uncomfortable, and he gritted his teeth and persisted until half a stick of incense before collapsing and giving up.

However, it was his persistence that allowed him to light up a little bit of star pattern when he opened up the sea of ​​consciousness for the first time. Although only a little bit of star pattern was lit up, many people with poor aptitude may have to go through several times of cultivation to be able to use it. Gradually gaining something, he is already considered a high-level qualification.

As for directly lighting up an entire star pattern, he didn't even dare to think about it, and after that, he had to recover for three full days before he could carry out the second accumulation.

This kid said that he persisted for an entire hour, and felt a little uncomfortable when the first layer of star pattern was almost completely lit, and then that Ding Jun let him come back to rest?I also gave him some pills, and after taking them, he seems to be fine now.

The old man felt that he was hit a bit hard today.

Leaving aside the fairy mansion in ancient times, any puppet could crush to death a self as an earth fairy, which is too outrageous.

Then it took only an hour for the "average aptitude" apprentice to completely light up the first star pattern, thus stepping into the second level of the Qi Refining Realm.

"In that case, let me explain to you the division of realms for cultivators."

The old man quickly changed the subject, saying something that Zhang Sheng didn't know to avoid his pride.

Sure enough, Zhang Sheng's eyes lit up when he heard the old Taoist's words. Ding Jun only mentioned the two realms of Qi Refining and Concentration just now, and he had never heard of the latter.

"First of all, the human world is the mortal world, as well as the fairy world, and the stages of cultivation are the same."

"Refinement, Concentration, Foundation Establishment, Alchemy, Nascent Soul, Crossing Tribulation, Transforming God, these are the limits of the mortal world. Each realm is divided into nine levels, and every three levels is a stage, which is the early stage and the middle stage. And the later period, after the ninth level, it can also be called consummation."

"You are now at the first stage of the Qi Refining Realm, and you have barely stepped into the path of cultivating immortals, so you will have to work hard in the future." The old Taoist took a sip of tea and paused for a while, then thought of the role of the Star Sea Chart, Immediately want to take back this sentence, what are you working hard for?With that star chart, lying down and sleeping all day can increase cultivation.

"Master, are you an Earth Immortal? Why are there no Earth Immortals in these realms?" Zhang Sheng asked immediately, remembering what happened at the receiving platform.

"There is no end to the journey of practice. No one knows where the end of the road is. In fact, after the Nascent Soul Realm is consummated, it is necessary to experience the thunder calamity. Even if you have become a Huang Rank Immortal."

"What? You're considered an immortal in the Tribulation Transcendence Realm?"

"Yes, but that's just the most common yellow fairy in the fairy world. As a teacher, he is a powerful earth fairy. There are four immortal ranks in heaven, earth, black and yellow. Hey, but that was back then, and now it may not even be as good as a little yellow fairy. .”

The old man was a little depressed, but he quickly adjusted, turned to look at Zhang Sheng, and saw the expression on the latter who wanted to continue to understand.

"Want to continue listening?"

"Uh-huh."

Zhang Sheng nodded like a chicken pecking rice, the old Taoist had never told Zhang Sheng about his past.

"Then pour tea soon." The old man blew on his beard, and Zhang Sheng remembered that he was so engrossed in listening that he forgot to refill his cup for Master.

After Zhang Sheng refilled the tea, the old Taoist took two sips and continued:
"Master, I vaguely remember that back then I was an elder in the Jiuhengyu Astrology Palace in the Immortal Realm, and I was good at deriving divination. I accidentally used a treasure in the Astrological Palace to calculate that the Immortal Realm would usher in a catastrophe in 20 years. I am afraid that the fairy world will no longer exist. Later, I repeated calculations dozens of times before finally confirming the result. Moreover, no one will believe this kind of thing, so I can only choose to protect myself, so there may be a ray of hope vitality."

"I can't remember the exact reason. Forcibly moving from the fairy world to the mortal world is a very dangerous thing. Although there is a large transfer order that I got by accident, it still caused my memory to be greatly reduced, and my cultivation base was banned by the ban on the mortal world. .”

"Restricted by the world?"

Zhang Sheng heard many things for the first time, which surprised him and asked him from time to time.

"That is a restriction that existed in ancient times. Immortal cultivators in the mortal world can choose to ascend to the immortal world once they pass the thunder calamity, but once they are in the immortal world, it is almost impossible to return to the mortal world, because of this mortal world's restriction. "

It turns out that this restriction only existed in ancient times. No wonder there was a monitoring agency like the Pojun Mansion in ancient times. After this restriction, the Pojun Mansion would lose its effectiveness, so we can understand why it gradually fell into disuse.

"However, when I came here, what I didn't expect was that there was no spiritual energy here. It is well known that there is immortal energy in the fairy world, and spiritual energy in the mortal world. Although the spiritual power contained in the spiritual energy is not as strong as the immortal energy, it is still Slowly absorbing it can also gradually restore cultivation."

"Aura? Then why don't we have aura here?"

"At that time, my cultivation base did not recover. I initially found out some reasons. I only know that it has something to do with the thick fog in the Lianyun Mountains. It should be a high-level magic circle, which can isolate most of the connections inside and outside the circle. If the original me It can be cracked easily, but at that time, it was just transmitted, and the cultivation base was greatly damaged, almost no different from ordinary people, and there was no spiritual energy or vitality supplement, so I gave up quickly."

Zhang Sheng didn't answer, but just silently listened to the old man continue talking on his own.

The old Taoist seemed to recall for a moment, then continued:
"I can only hope that the catastrophe in the fairy world that was calculated back then is not wrong. Facts have proved that the old man's deduction was correct. The situation outside now should be almost the same as what I measured and thought."

"According to my guess, the fairy world may no longer exist at this time."

"How is it possible? According to what you said, the fairy world is as vast as the mortal world. How could it not exist?"

Although Zhang Sheng has never doubted what the old Taoist said, it is too far-fetched that the fairy world no longer exists.

The old Taoist Fu Xu chuckled and said:

"Do you think the vision you saw before was just an illusion?"

Vision seen before?Zhang Sheng remembered that the old Taoist said what kind of Guhua Immortal Mansion was that?At that time, he didn't pay attention to it, thinking that the old man was just talking nonsense, but now that the old man's status as an earth immortal is confirmed, then it is very true to think about it.

The Immortal Mansion must exist in the Immortal Realm, and the Immortal Mansion fell from the Immortal Realm to the Mortal Realm. Thinking about it this way, there is only one reason, and that is just as the old Taoist said, the Immortal Realm is really broken and no longer exists.

(End of this chapter)